Day 3

Saw a javalina today. The fireflies out here glow green not yellow. I got a radio and a hat today- like a real ranger badass! Did about 45 minutes of work in my 8 hour day. Did learn how to use and re-string a weed wacker today and helped fix a grasshopper. Spent the morning cleaning restrooms and walking the trails picking up trash. Spent the afternoon watching the clouds come in over the mountain… stopping work to wait for it to rain so we could stop working. After work I hung out with J.J. and Pete at J.J.’s house. It was really fun. J.J. lives in town, he’s got a wife (Jennifer) and a 17 month old baby girl who is adorable. They’ve got chickens and a goose and ducks and a horse and cats- I like their house. Everyone was very friendly. We just sat outside and talked, I watched that little angle run around, other people slowly gathered too- Stetson and Gabriel and Tony and John and some other dude. Country people, wearing blue jeans covered in dirt with the explanation that “they’ve been on the mountain all day”.